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Not far away from Blois, just in the margins of the Loire River and its Valley with a set of fantastic palaces and castles – Amboise deserves a detailed visit. The city was once home for the...
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The Chenonceau Castle is one of the most beautiful and inspiring castles I ever visited. Located in the River Loire’s valley area, its history has to do with several notorious women – hence its...
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Blois is one of those little charming cities where life feels good to be lived. Entering the city from the Loire River’s XVIII century stone bridge, the horizon’s silhouette is filled with the...
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The Royal Castle of Blois is another of the jewels built along the valley of the Loire River, in central France. In the inner patio the wing of King François I is perhaps most famous for its...
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From Paris it doesn’t take long for France’s fast train to shoot you west to Bordeaux, definitely the wine capital of France, maybe of the world.
Rent a car and head out to the village...
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I like France very much – and in particular the region of the Loire Valley and all the amazing dream like castles and palaces.
The King of France Francis I decided to build his...
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La Rochelle airport is quite a small place and because of this it closes for the night. I slept outside of it one night with some friends in summer 2007, as we were waiting for a flight the next...
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Chartres cathedral is considered the best example of the gothic style in France and is a fascinating place to visit. Two things to take note of inside are the labyrinth laid out across the floor...
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We struggled aboard with our luggage, which now contained 10 bottles of wine in addition to our clothes and whatever else we had picked up along the way. Fortunately there was plenty of room in the...
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We arose early on sixth day, and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. Our plan was to drive to St. Maur de Touraine in search of chèvre- goat cheese. St. Maur de Touraine is a famous center for...
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In the XVth century, Chinon received fame as the place where Jeanne D’Arc recognized the Dauphin, Charles VII, whom she had never met, and who was hiding in a crowd in the castle’s main hall....
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It was raining again on our third day, so we decided to head to the Abbaye Fontevraud, in Fontevraud near Candes-St.-Martin, on the theory that it would be mostly indoors. This proved to be partially true. When we arrived at the Abbaye it started to rain. We paid our 5.50 euros apiece, and then...
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Since we were in the Saumur region, we tasted Saumur red, Saumur-Champigny Red, and Saumur white. All were good. The winery, a co-op of various wine growers, also produces an excellent white sparkling wine by the champagne method, and even an unusual red sparkling wine.In all we tasted about...
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We arose the next day and decided to try breakfast at the hotel. Here, the Agnès Sorel proved to be a bargain. What it provides, for only 7 euros, is a plate filled with croissants and rolls,...
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